Types of Law
Development of Scots Law
Legislation
100

Settles non-criminal disputes between citizens

What is Civil Law

100
What did Scotland and England merge in 1603
What is the Monarchy
100

What is the highest-ranked source of law?

What is an Act of the UK Parliament?

200

Used for the control and suppression of crime

What is Criminal Law

200

Scotland joined this in 1973

What is the EU

200

This type of legislation is made by other people given power by parliament

What is delegated legislation

300

Split into the Law of Things, Law of Persons and Law of Actions

What is Private Law?

300

What happened in 1707?

What are the Acts of Union

300

What areas can the Scottish Parliament not create law in?

What are reserved areas?

400

Deals with the relationships between citizens and the government

What is Public Law?

400

What happened to Scotland in 1999?

What is Devolution?

400

Most law in the UK has to comply with the European Convention on Human Rights because of this law

What is the Human Rights Act 1998

500

Sometimes solves cases with 'damages'

What is Civil Law?

500

What did the UK vote to leave in 2018?

What is the EU?

500

Housing, Fishing and Education are all examples of this type of area of law

What is a devolved area?

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